All The Ites

This page will, ultimately, be an exhaustive catalogue of every peoples in the Bible. Because this is such a large project, the page will remain up as a “work in progress” as it is expanded and refined. Please let me know of any errors.

Eventually, there will be two main sections: One for “Israelites”, as defined by the Biblical authors, and a larger one for all the people the Israelites wantonly slaughter. The list will not be comprehensive, since there are approximately 300,000,000 peoples listed in the Bible- in the tribal society, every town or family line is its own -ite, and I’m not really going to detail, say, the Kohanite lineage of the Levites. At least not until I get really really bored.

All names are given in their KJV spelling first, just to adhere to some standard. Hebrew names are given in plural if possible.

Name/שם

Territory, Ethnicity

Notable Bible Antics

Fun Facts™

Amalekites
עמלקי

Killed by Saul (1st Samuel 15)

Ammonites
עמנים

Transjordan

Not big players.

Amorites
אמרי

Pretty vague

E’s term for Canaanites?

Anakim/sons of Anak
ילידי הענק

Giants

Probably not real

Arameans/Syrians
ארם

Do not confuse with Assyrians

Assyrians
אשור

Destroys the kingdom of Israel

Do not confuse with Syrians

Canaanites
כנעני

Semitic people of Syria-Palestine; vaguely defined.

Ethnically cleansed in Joshua

Don’t worry, the ethnic cleansing is a myth.

Cherethites & Pelethites
כרתי & פלתי

Ethnicity not quite certain; Cherethites may be from Crete, Pelethites may be Philistines.